Name: …………………………………………………………… Class 11D2
45’ TEST (Units 1 & 2)
Write your answers in the Answer box.
I. Pronunciation (10 ms)
Choose the odd one out.
1. A. ash B. ask C. dash D. clash
2. A. heal B. stealth C. feast D. please
3. A. prow B. growth C. row D. low
4. A. cease B. chase C. increase D. raise
5. A. measure B. treasure C. pleasure D. pressure
6. A. assassinated B. international C. preferential D. differentiate
7. A. diameter B. religious C. entrusted D. typhoid
8. A. ferocious B. customary C. assort D. ignite
9. A. traditional B. technician C. recognition D. specific
10. A. diversity B. amphibian C. heritage D. surprising
Answer box
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. Vocabulary (10 ms)
Complete the sentences with a suitable verb indicating an action done by hand(s). Put it in the
right form.
1. You have to ……………….. the bottle before you pour out the medicine.
2. How many words can you ……………….. per minute?
3. We stood on the platform and ……………….. goodbye.
4. “Look,” he said and ……………….. at the light in the sky.
5. Please don’t ……………….. those chairs. I’ve just painted them and the paint is still
wet.
6. I always use an electric razor to ………………… . It’s nice and quick.
7. The two children don’t get on and ………………… all the time.
8. I tried to ………………… the box but it was too heavy.
9. After you have ………………… the table, I’ll wash the dishes.
10. We ………………… on the door but on one answered.

A few years ago I lost my job when my company closed down. Fortunately, I had saved a bit of
money so I was able to get by (1)…………………… I could find another job. After a while, the money
began to run out, and (2)…………………… I still haven’t found a job. (3)……………………, I decided to
take drastic action” robbing a bank.
At first, everything is very simple. I drove to the Great West Bank in Bristol and parked my car
outside. Then I walked into the bank, (4)…………………… and demanded $5,000. (5)……………………,
she gave me the cash without any argument. Suddenly, an alarm started ringing. I ran out of the
bank, relieved to have been so successful. (6)…………………… I was standing on the pavement that
I realized something had gone horribly wrong: (7)……………………!
Hurriedly, I decided to stop the first vehicle that came along. I ran into the road, waving my arms
at an approaching car. (8)…………………… it stopped, and I jumped into the back seat. “Quick! Get
me out of here!” I shouted at the driver. He accelerated away from the bank and I (9)
…………………… in relief. As soon as the driver and his passengers turned to face me, I realized
what a terrible mistake I had made. (10)…………………… to discover that the car I had stopped was
a police car.
Answer box
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. Listening (5ms)
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
1. Cranley Hill Primary School first opened in
A. 1830 B. 1899 C. 1983
2. There are fewer pupils in the school now than in the past because
A. there are not enough teachers.
B. students have transport problems. C. the local population has declined.
3. The head teacher is proud that the school is provided with energy from
A. wind power from their own turbine.
B. coal from the local mines. C. electricity supplied by nearby
village.
4. The head teacher believes that primary pupils should study problems which
A. are regional rather than global.

THE END
GAP FILL
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
FOLLOW YOUR NOSE
Of the five senses, smell is probably the one that you value the least. Yet your sense of smell is
the most direct link (1)……………… the brain and the outside world. It (2)……………… two seconds
for a smell to (3)……………… the nose and travel to the part of the brain (4)……………… controls
emotions and memories. Exactly (5)……………… your sense of smell influences your emotions,
however, is (6)……………… fully understood.
Nevertheless, a sense of smell can even influence your relationships (7)……………… other people.
Apparently, you (8)……………… in love through your nose, not your eyes or your ears. Moreover,
people tend to smell of what they eat and (9)……………… can also influence what people think of
you.
In one famous study, 84 per cent of people taking (10)……………… said they were more (11)
……………… to buy a particular brand of trainers, when they (12)……………… placed in a room
smelling of flowers. This kind of knowledge can be (13)……………… to influence people’s spending
habits at a sub-conscious (14)………………, and could obviously be useful in (15)……………… all sorts
of things from clothing to cars.
KEY:
1. between 2. takes 3. enter 4. which 5. how 6. not 7. with
8. fall 9. this 10. part 11. likely 12. were 13. used 14. level
15. selling
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